Better Homes and Hauntings by Molly Harper
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
When Nina Linden is hired to landscape a private island off the New England coast, she sees it as her chance to rebuild her failing business after being cheated by her unscrupulous ex. She never expects that her new client, software mogul Deacon Whitney, would see more in her than just a talented gardener. Deacon has paid top dollar to the crews he’s hired to renovate the desolate Whitney estate—he had to, because the bumps, thumps, and unexplained sightings of ghostly figures in nineteenth-century dress are driving workers away faster than he can say “Boo.”
But Nina shows no signs of being scared away, even as she experiences some unnerving apparitions herself. And as the two of them work closely together to restore the mansion’s faded glory, Deacon realizes that he’s found someone who doesn’t seem to like his fortune more than himself—while Nina may have finally found the one man she can trust with her bruised and battered heart.
But something on the island doesn’t believe in true love…and if Nina and Deacon can’t figure out how to put these angry spirits to rest, their own love doesn’t stand a ghost of a chance.
Molly Harper is quickly becoming one of my go to authors for those times when I need one of those "palate cleansing" books. She really nails the perfect mix of quirk, snark and a touch of romance tossed in. This one added a little to the mix by tossing in some not quite creepy haunting moments, but oddly enough they worked in well with the story. And it's a standalone too. Be still my heart. There are not enough of those these days. Sometimes all a girl needs is a good one night stand.
Overall, this was just what I needed to get my mind off of everything else going on. It was just intriguing enough, just funny enough, and just creepy-ish enough to make it a good read. And make me want to read whatever else by the author that I can get my hands on.
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